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Partner with us to improve lives.

We’re pleased you are interested in partnering with us to improve lives and look forward to learning more about your mission and programs. Please review the following guidelines as you consider submitting a proposal or progress report.

 

If you have any questions, please contact KeyBank_Foundation@KeyBank.com.

Requests for Support

We typically review and decide upon grant and sponsorship requests each quarter through committees of officers within the organization. Due to year-end processing, we are currently not accepting new applications. The application portal will reopen in January for 2025 requests.

KeyBank and KeyBank Foundation value organizations that embrace inclusion. KeyBank and KeyBank Foundation do not make grants or charitable sponsorships to organizations that discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, we generally do not make the following types of grants:

  • Grants outside the following states and counties in which we have retail operations:
    State Counties
    Alaska Aleutians West, Anchorage Municipality, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Juneau, Kenai, Ketchikan, Kodiak Island, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
    Colorado Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer
    Connecticut Fairfield, Hartford, Middlesex, New Haven, Tolland, Windham
    Florida Collier, Lee, Palm Beach
    Idaho Ada, Bannock, Bingham, Bonneville, Canyon, Cassia, Gem, Madison, Payette, Teton, Twin Falls
    Indiana Boone, Elkhart, Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard, Johnson, Kosciusko, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Shelby, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben
    Maine Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, York
    Massachusetts Hampden
    Michigan Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Oakland, St. Joseph, Washtenaw, Wayne
    New York Albany, Bronx, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Dutchess, Erie, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, New York, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Sullivan, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming
    Ohio Ashtabula, Butler, Clark, Clermont, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Fairfield, Franklin, Fulton, Geauga, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Medina, Montgomery, Ottawa, Portage, Richland, Sandusky, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Warren, Wood
    Oregon Benton, Clackamas, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington, Yamhill
    Pennsylvania Allegheny, Bucks, Butler, Carbon, Chester, Erie, Fayette, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Warren, Washington, Westmoreland
    Utah Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Utah, Weber
    Vermont Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Rutland, Washington, Windham
    Washington Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Stevens, Thurston, Whatcom, Yakima
  • Grants to individuals.
  • Grants for memberships, lobbying, or political activities, advertisements, athletic teams, booster clubs, and organizations outside the United States; organizations that are inconsistent with U.S. equal opportunity policies; and selected organizations with Internal Revenue Code Section 509(a)(3) status.

Prior to Applying

If you’d like to speak with us prior to applying for a grant or charitable sponsorship, please contact KeyBank_Foundation@KeyBank.com.

How to Apply

Please return in January to submit a request for consideration in 2025.

Manage Your Application

Already a registered applicant? Manage your account online.